Regions across Australia’s east hit sub-zero temperatures

Forecasters are warning that the cold snap in Australia’s east will last for the rest of the week.

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00:00Getting out of bed has been just that bit tougher this morning, as residents of both

00:05New South Wales and Queensland have woken up to sub-zero temperatures.

00:09At 6.30am, the coldest part of New South Wales was the Goulburn Airport in the Southern Tablelands,

00:14where the temperature reached minus 5.7 degrees Celsius.

00:18On the southwest slopes, the temperature at Yonge was minus 4.7 degrees, while further

00:23west at Tamora it was minus 4.8 degrees.

00:26Tamora's record low is minus 6.4.

00:30Other cold spots in the Darling Downs Granite Belt area included Oakey, Warwick and Dalby,

00:35all below minus 4.

00:38Soldiers were also feeling the chill with the Army Barracks at Kapuka on the outskirts

00:41of Wagga Wagga recording a temperature of minus 4.4 degrees Celsius.

00:47People across the state are reporting frozen taps and even colder feet, but some people

00:51seem immune to the cold here in Wagga Wagga.

01:10And while today's frosty start wasn't record breaking, the Bureau of Meteorology says tomorrow

01:14we may still see some records tumble.